Yan Gallery x Parklane Pullman: Artist Playground
Wu Guanzhong 吳冠中 China, 1919-2010
— 吳冠中
註:一九九○年十一月,吳冠中應土地發展公司邀請到香港訪問,並進行創作,描繪他眼中的東方之珠。既有行將拆卸的得雲茶樓,改頭換面的李節街、雀仔街,也有現代化表徵明顯的中環、尖沙嘴等。這批作品於九一年底展出,本幅即二十多幀展品之一。
畫題取名「今日迷宮」,沒有標明截取香島哪一角入景,但從某些地標性的建築物即可顯示了應是最繁華熱鬧的城市心臟地帶。建築物由近推遠,從低至高,重重疊疊,互相擠壓,形成長方、正方等幾何形狀塊面,不規則地交織一起,中有迂迴曲折如弧線般的行車道穿插於建築群間,這種似是雜亂卻又暗合章法的佈局,反映了這個城市生命力充溢的氣象。畫家巧妙地運用色點、幾何塊面和流暢的線條營造了他眼中香港城市的形象,也是他同類題材作品中構圖最嚴謹的一幅。
Provenance
Exhibitions
Hong Kong, Land Development Corporation, Hong Kong Through the Eyes of Wu Guanzhong, 1991
Taipei, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store Co., Ltd, Wu Guanzhong - Dancing in his Old Age, July 9 to 21, 1992
China, Beijing, Poly Art Museum, An Unbroken Line: In Commemoration of Wu Guanzhong, 30 August-6 September 2010
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, The Low Gallery & Sotheby's Hong Kong Limited, Awakening Spring: Significant Works by Wu Guanzhong, Oct 3 to 7, 2013
Literature
Hong Kong Through the Eyes of Wu Guanzhong, Land Development Corporation, Hong Kong, November 1991, pl.9
Wu Guanzhong - Dancing in his Old Age, Kuo Feng Publishing Co., Taipei, July 1992, pl.62
The Complete Works of Wu Guanzhong, vol. VII, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, August 2007, p.55
An Unbroken Line: In Commemoration of Wu Guanzhong, Poly Art Museum, Beijing, China, October 2010, p.158-159
Awakening Spring: Significant Works by Wu Guanzhong, The Low Gallery & Sotheby’s Hong Kong Ltd., Oct 2013, pl.28